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Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1895-12-14

What is Laxol? Nothing but Castor
Oil made as palatable as honey. Chill
dren like it.
Evening star., 1895-06-04

Uncle Sam, in his capacity as publisher of
interesting booklets on a great variety of
topics, has just had talk with the people
of the country on the subject of Weeds
and how to kill them" He gives the
names of a hundred so of Objectionable
weeds and describes methods of killing
each one, but it seems as though he has
fallen behind the times, for he depends
upon the old fashioned plan of up-rootng
the weed, "spudding" it out, or carefully
sprinklng it ith noXious liquids, and does
not seem to have heard of the latest
scheme for destr6 yiIg these intruders,
which has been put into execution by some
of the great railroads in the far west,
where the weeds grew to almost oriental
size and strength, and sometimes obstruct
travel This is an electric apparatus, and
is simply a machine for artiticially striking
the weeds by lightning. An electric gen.
orator is mounted on car and run along
the track. Ground connection is made
through the car wheels. The other pole of
the dynamo, which produces a current OF
from 1900 to 2i,G00 volts, is carried out
over the tops of the weeds by means of a
series of fine wires, or an electric brush.
When the current is ''on" the weeds are
wholly destroyed, and the best effect of
the apparatus is that the roots get the
worst shock, by having SO much more
moisture about them. Thus miles of bad
plants are killed, at a minimum expense,
and with maximum results
Evening star., 1895-06-04

hind them power that will not be either
silent or physically inactive should 1t be
necessary to insist upon fair treatment for
those who legally appeal to the colors for
protection. Just where the admiral con-
tracted these ideas-which will doubtless
be condemned by many as jngoistic-is I'M
material: it fs enough to know that they
are likely to cause the admiral great deal
of trouble with the authorities at Wash
ington unless he keeps them under cover
more than he has of late. How the ad-
ministration's blood must boil when the
administration thinks of this bluff old salt
ordering Turkish pasha to appear before
him for the purpose of unwillingly listening
to an emphatic lecture on the rights of
American citizens and the duties of Turkish
pashas to those same Individuals! How the
ship of state-under easy sail and with
her centerboard up-must have shivered
from spirit to rudder when those on board
learned that the daring kirkland had
patriotically bulldoZed the Turkish official
after the fashion common enough in the
British service but discouraged almost out
of existence il. the navy of the United
States! There will be little peace in the
State Department from this time until the
Star-Spangied admiral returns to American
waters.
Evening star., 1895-06-04

Two street-railroad companies are bidding
against each other in New York for fran
chises which, when granted, will give the
successful corporation possession of a large
area OF the upper portion of Manhattan
Island. In the days not SO long past the
bidding on such matters was done in
cret and whatever money was expended
by the competitors Went to swell the bank
accounts of members of the board of alder
men, instead of enrichng the city treasury
But municipal methods in New York have
changed very much of late, and now the
bids are made openly and to the astonish-
ment of large percentage of the board of
aldermen, to say nothing of the unofficial
New Workers who are still unaccustomed
TO receiving any consideration whatever at
the hands of either corporations or local
legislators. The Metropolitan Traction Com
pany offers the city a cash bonus of
100000, in addition to the regular percent
ages and other payments which the holders
of street-raiiroad franchises are required by
law TO pay the city. The Metropolitan
Traction Company will, however, have to
raise its bid considerably before it can be
regarded as in the contest, for it's rival on
this Occasion-the Third Avenue Company
has expressed its readiness to contribute,
if necessary. the sum OF s250.0OO. 1t should
be the pleasure of the board of aldermen to
encourage the bidders and to thus secure
the largest possible amount of money in
return for what every one admits are ex-
tremely valuable privileges. There is no
reason why franchises in the District of
Columbia should not be disposed of in pre-
clsely the same way. Once or twice there
has been scattering effort to bring about
open competitio for franchises which have
hitherto been given to individuals and cor
porations without money and without price,
but nothing has ever come of the well
meaning endeavors; a failure which can
only be explained by the not-unreasonable
rotion that there were more members of
Congress interested in the welfare of the
corporations than were interested in the
welfare of the people Of the District of Co.
lumbia.
Evening star., 1895-06-04

More rigorous punishment is needed for
those villains who are convicted of house
breaking; a condition of affairs to which
attention is directed by the many murders
which have been recently committed by
burglars VINO have been detected by those
upon whose property the burglars had de-
signs. A great many intelligent men who
are not extremists believe that :he crime
Of burglary should be made capital Of
tense, punishable as other capital crimes
arc punished. The man who breaks into
the house of another for the purpose Of
robbery, and who, if detected, may be
killed with impunity by the owner, is des-
perats enough to shoot and kill in order to
prevent discovery or apprehension in the
act, and is generally prepared for this
emergency. Police statistics show a steady
increase in this offense in this country, and
emphasize the necessity of more stringent
penalties.
Evening star., 1895-06-04

Governor Greenhalge of Massachusetts
Is In hot water Just now. Thermometric
readings in Boston during the past four or
five days indicate an extraordinary degree
of atmospheric heat, but the recorded con-
ditions are pleasantly cool when compared
with the warmth generated by the COVER
nors veto of the bill to give the veterans
of the late war compulsory preference in
the important matter of appointments to
the public service This veto is not the
act of one who is unfriendly to the vet
when the Union was assaled by those who
were of its own household Frederick Green
halge was among the foremost of the de-
tenders of the flag. The governors argu-
ment In support of his veto is based upon
the governors emphatic belief that the
public good demands the best service OBJ
tainable and that, therefore. the effort to
lesislate in favor of any particular class,
no matter what claim that class may have
upon the public sympathy, is wrong. Thou
sands of ready writers and more than that
number who are capable of vigorous ut
terance will take issue with the governor
as to both the executive wisdom and pa
triotism of his act, and while they may
not succeed in convincing him that his
veto was a blunder-which is probably the
mildest term they will apply to lt-they
in his heart of hearts, Gov. Greenhalge
will wish he had allowed the bill to become
law without word of comment.
Evening star., 1895-06-04

Alarmed by the growth of the gambling
evil among young men of otherwise upright
tendencies some of the commercial irsti-
tutions of the country are, for their own
protection. endeavoring to prevent their
employees from patronizing bucket-shops,
race-tracks and other places and means of
stalking their wages on the chance of win
ming. The st. Louis Bank of Commerce is
one of the first to issue an order forbidding
clerks from visiting those places where
games of chance or schemes of speculation
are under way, on penalty of dismissal.
This appeal is to the rectitude of the young
man through his sense of fear. 1t is not as
lasting in moral effect, perhaps, as one that
emanates from the innate sense of right
eousness that should show every man the
wrong, as well as the folly, of riskng the
means of life on an uncertain game
but it is better than carelessness. In
many cases wrong is done to others as well
as to the active participant. Families are
frequently ruined. while business houses
have often had to close their doors through
the reckless gambling of trusted clerks.
The evil is present in Washington today as
much as ever before, and it might be well
for some of the large employers in the Dis
trict to consider the advisability of institut-
ing such method of restriction. Such
prohibition would doubtless do a vast
amount of good in keeping young men from
the race-tracks and the gambling-den that
cluster near them. This is one of the surest
means of eradicating the evils that exist
across the river. One way is to drive them
out; another Is to starve them out. If this
large class of patrons should be thus dis
couraged from attending the resorts and
stalking their money the dens would soon
find their incomes so far reduced that
removal to other, less moral, and more
profitable fields would be one of the first
expedients to suggest itself to the fertile
minds of the managers.
Evening star., 1895-06-04

Admiral kirkland will need to be very
careful If he wishes to avoid trouble. This
warning appears to be necessary because
private letter from Beyrour Syria, has
given most of those who have read so much
OF the letter as is printed an impression
that the admiral has insisted that Ameri-
can citizens who happen to be residents of
Syria are really entitled to the respect of
the non-Americans and the anti-Americans
with whom business or pleasure may bring
them into association. The published por-
ton of the epstle referred to says:
"The two United States men-of-war that
the Marblehead, came to Beyrout, but she
and the admiral on board the San Fran
cisco sent for the Turkish pasha to come
down from Adana, to Mersine to meet
him, and gave him very plain talking to
about respect for American citizens The
admiral Q<irkland), is bluff old fellow,
just the one to bulldoze the Turk, and he
did 1t In style. The Turks have been quite
nasty up there of late. A great impression
was created In Beyrout, too, The people
here had fears Of a massacre by the Mss-
lems and thought that the arrival of the
frigate prevented It,
That Admiral Kirkland Is not diplomat
Is evident. He seems to be a plain-spoken,
hearty American who somehow or other
has gotten hold Of an impression that there
u meaning in the Stars and Stripes and be-
Evening star., 1895-06-04
A Southern Bouquet for the Union
Dp1d.

Today is one that Is very dear to the
hearts of the Federal soldiers who survive
the late war, as we'll as to the families who
gave I'D their loved ones IN battle
The southern people feel equally the
occasion as one of sadness and commem-
Grafton. and today they will be found plac-
ing wreaths and flowers on the graves of
the dead, who. though not in sympathy
with the south when living, fought for their
convictions; and while they lie in death
treir bravery and love for their country en-
dears their memory to the hearts of the
survivors of the gray ard blue alike.
Strew flowers on the Federal dead today!
Evening star., 1895-06-04
Business.

What is this?" said the manager to the
dramatic author; you don't mean to say
that you ara going to have the villain
frozen to death in the middle of June?"
Eyes, that's one of tie financial possi-
bilitieS of the piece. In each town we
strike we'll get the name of the suburb
that's being doomed, and for considera-
ton insert that as the scene Of the frost"
Evening star., 1895-06-04
A Cool Recentinn

$50 she gave you cool reception when
you called last EVENING""
Il should say she did. First she gave me
a palm leaf fan; then she took me into the
dining room and made me eat water ice
under an electric fan. It's the coolest re-
ception l have hai this summer
Evening star., 1895-06-04
The Thermometer.

It has not wings; 1t cannot scar;
Yet wondrous progress has it made
Since we behold it, Ger and DER,
Close to a hundred in the shade.
Evening star., 1895-06-04
Seaside disappointment.

What contrast, when she went to swim
In grief his face he hid
'TNixt what he thought she'd look to him
And what she really did.
Evening star., 1895-06-04

To the cities which have not numerous
parks, wide avenues, river breezes and ex-
pansive vistas of shade trees Washington
extends her sincere sympathies during tie
present heated term.
Evening star., 1895-06-04
The Difference.

1--WE are certainly advancing in civiliza-
tion," said the statesman's wife. Former
ly man could not become great excepting
through the chances of war;
YES" was the reply; now he simply
has to risk his life on the political ban
quet.''
Evening star., 1895-06-04

Susan B. Anthony, in resigning from her
position in the national association, shows
that she has no ambition to be known as
the Gladstone or the G. o. w. of the
women's suffrage movement.
Evening star., 1895-06-04

DR.. Parkhurst announces that he has
made extensions and improvements in his
reform plant that will enable him to sup
ply not only New York city but the entire
state
Evening star., 1895-06-04

1t is becoming more and more evident
that the Agricultural Department will
never be as popular with the beef trust as
the United States Senate was with the
sugar trust
Evening star., 1895-06-04
The busy Fisherman.

Stretched meath tree his time he spends,
And gives himself to thought
Devising tales to tell his friends
About the fish he caught.
Evening star., 1895-06-04

Twenty-Five men were scattered all over
the great skeleton Of the new city post
office building today. Only twenty-five
rueni
Evening star., 1895-06-04
SHOOTING STARS.
To the Weather Man.

The warmth which you have just displayed
Is very far from pleasant.
Yet, had you saved it 'twould have made
A charming Christmas present.
Evening star., 1895-06-04

Chile's public announcement that she has
abandoned paper money must be a great
disappointment to a number of populists
Evening star., 1895-06-04

California is eyincing a growing dispo-
sition to make it warm for the coolies.
Evening star., 1895-06-04

OIn order to avoid delays, on nc-
count of personal absence, letters to
THE STAR should not be addressed
to any individual connected with the
Office, but simply to THE STAR, or to
the Editorial business Depart
ments, according to tenor or purpose.
Evening star., 1895-06-04
You Needn't
Pay Us

All cash-nor you needn't sign a note-or
pay any interest. The Refrigerator we sell
is the North Star-it took first prize at the
Worlds Fair-is cork filled-lined with gal
vanized steel-and a great ice saver. Thirty
sizes for you to choose from-prfces begin at
s2.5O-and end at $50. We Will cut the
Mating and tack 1t on your floor free; 1t is
only question Of preference in color and
pattern-the qualities are all equally re-
liable Whenever you see q carpet-or think
Of oue-remember we make them and lay
them-FREE of cOst-don't even charge for
waste in matching figures. Brussels Carpet
SO cents yard-Insrain Carpet, IS cents.
How about a Bed Room Suite?-you should
see the one we sell for $13-sold oak-large
glass in dresser; almost hundred other
styles-all prices Plush or Tapestry ParlOr
Suite, s2250 host OF others-clear up to
$500. Maybe you need Baby Carriage
'twon't take long to select one here-3OO
brand new handsome patterns on our 3D.
floor; see the one We sell for $5-more at
any price you please-up to $50. Don't give
yourself any anxiety about the MONEY
well arrange the payments in a way that"n
please you.
Evening star., 1895-06-04
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A Mixed Princelet.
survived

Among the hardest things which the infant Prince Edward of the royal house of England, the little son of the duke of York and heir e&pectant to the throne, will have to straighten out when he is older is his relationship to his own father and mother It consti- tutes problem such as is seldom found outside of princely houses. It is cer- tain, however, that he is the third cousin of his father and also the second cousin of his mother. This makes his relationship to himself somewhere be- tween that of a third and fourth cousin. He is, as it were, his own double-th third cousin-a relationship which will doubt less take some time for him to compre- hend. Both his father and mother are descended from George III. of England. George Ills son Adolphus, duke of Cambridge, had a daughter Mary, who married the duke of Teclz, and became the mother of Princess May, who mar ried the duke of York; and the duke of York's father, prince of Wales, is the great-grandson of the same King George III.
Arizona republican., 1895-05-01
EPIDEMIC OF INSANITY.
The Curious Mania Which Swept
 Over a Texas Town.
Sane People Organized to subdue the Craze Craated by a Demented
 Preacher Who Did Strange t Things.

''You will doubtless feel incredulous
 when l tell you that Texas town was
 once afflicted with an epidemic of in-
 sanity" The speakers remarks were
 addressed to reporter for the Dallas News. Ut was early in the '7Os. in the
 beautiful little town of Point Isabel.
 l resided there at the time, and I
 know, of course, whereof I speak.
 Among the four hundred inhabitants
 of the Point as we used to call it, was a Montenegran named Speero, who went insane over religion. Speero in- sisted that the second coming of Christ
 was at hand, and that the event would
 be heralded by the appearance at day
 break of a white deer on little hill near the cemetery. Speero, like so many of his countrymen, was jack at all trades. He could shoe a horse,
 build boat, make a suit of clothing. cobble old shoes and shingle a roof. Thus useful his humble residence be- came sort of rendezvous, and when it
 became known that he claimed pro- phetic powers all his acquaintances hocked around him. He told about
 Jesus and the bees,' and several other parables which, though not related in the Bible, enter strongly into the re- hglous tradition of the people of east ern lands. Several of the more con- stant visitors who first pitied the condi- ton ot Speero gradually began to be- heve that he was inspired and finally embraced his doctrines, some of which were not strictly orthodox An Italian, who was prosperous grocer, closed up ms store, paid all his debts and insisted on giving all his goods to the poor. A Spanlard named Camisa lost his head and commenced preaching hurricane sermons from the housetops. Others became similarly afflicted and twenty or thirty began to show premonitions of the prevailing epidemic, which con sisted ln looking for the white deer. walking through the streets in a gloomy mood and flying into passion when anybody denied or doubted that was prophet. In time the people of sound mind became alarmed anu lorpade their children to approach speero's sanctuary.
 "A climax was finally reached. Speero had a vision that he must take hls slx-months-old baby and baptize it ! In the river Jordan. Mrs. Speero, whose mind had not given way, ob- 'ected. Speero insisted in proceeding according to revelation and Mrs. Speero yelled and alarmed the neighborhood Speero and one of his insane com panlons slipped the baby into an oys- ter slfl1f, pushed the frail craft out into the LaGuna Marde, set their leg-of- n sail and squared away for the Holy Land. A party of rescuers was made up. They started in lighter belonging to the Rio Grande Railway
Arizona republican., 1895-05-01
ASYLUM NOTES.
improvements Going on at the Home
 of the Unfortunate.

Improvements at the asylum are progressing rapidly under the superin- tendence of E. Sunderland. A large refrigerator is being built for the use of the institution to hold several tons of ice. When completed it will furnish sufficient cold storage to keep the meat which will in future be slaughtered on the asylum farm, thereby reducing the cost of fresh meats and at the same time allow plenty of room for the dairy late in such quantities as will hereafter furnish plenty of butter for the use of the entire institution. Heretofore warm weather necessitated the immediate use of milk and butter in the summer and it could not be made to supply the wants of the asylum.
 Several tons of barley and alfalfa are now being harvested. Tne work is be. ing mostly done by the patients.
 Tomorrow, Seth w. Hills resigns his position as attendant and will Tn future engage in mining, he is a miner of thirty years experience and has had many ups and downs as all miners have. MT. Hills came to the Pacific coast in 1861 and worked for Fair Mackey and Crocker before they ever attained fame, he worked upon the Comstock in it's palmiest days and made money rapidly and spent it accordingly. At the time of the Black Hills excitement he left the Comstock and spent three years in that district. He accumulated some wealth and re- turning to Tom bstone he invested in ranch. He prospered and remained number of years in Cochise county when the old fever of mining again overcame him, he disposed of his pro- perty and again started on prospecting tour which resulted disastrously. He was unlucky and failed to locate anything of value. At length overcome by sickness he was compelled to give up and found employ ment in the asylum and he has now a sufficient grub stake to enable him to pursue his old hobby of prospecting for gold. Many old Tombstoneites will re- member Mir. Hills as he had peculiar nick name, and WAS by it familarly known. Dame rumor has it that an approaching event will place MT. Hills in the role of benedict.
 Several employees here have interests in very fatteriEg mining claims, assays being made that promise very bright outlook.