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The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-03-28
SWEET LOVES YOUNG DREAM
Walter Kelsey, Aged l9, Elopes With a Woman Ten Years
 His Senior.
A Gay Lothario of the Plains Carries Away the Mother of Two Children Verde Valley Sensation, With One Scene Laid at Flagstaff.

The odorons Verde valley, whose fabulous richness and beautiful scenery have been eXtolled by the best descrlp- tive writers of the period, comes for ward with choice bit of romance. In the upper part of the valley lives John
 Duff, cattleman. Until young Mir. Kelsey, who was sort of summer boarder and winter ornament, ran away with her, Mir. Duff had a wife and his two babes had mother. Walter Kelsey is the uame of the rustic swain. He is auburn-haired, blues eyed and only l9, while the object of his adoration has seen at least five more summers and probably as many winters. Indeed, it is said the record in the dear old family bible would dis. close her age as 29. Still, Mrs. Duff doesn't look It. Her acquaintanc,s describe her as an attractive brunette, with sprightly smile and bllthesome demeanor calculated to ensnare the heart of any young man who is at all impressionable to wOman's charms. Looking into the depths of her violet. tinted eyes one day, after milking the lowing kiue. Kelsey saw his fate, and
 it didn't take the callow youth two jiffies to tell her of the passion that racked his young soul. It was case of reciprocal affection and the lovers planned an elopement.
 Walter mounted his little dapple gray pony and rode to Flagstaff. Here he secured the power of attorney to sell lot of cattle belon ying to his father and the latter's partner. Mr. Drew, of California. James Vail and John Black were the buyers and the consideration was $2.50O. When the heart is young $2,50 looks awful big. and with this nice little wad Kelsey boarded the eastbound train and tray eled to an appointed place of meeting, where he was met by Mrs. Duff. To- gether they sped away, and THE SUN is privately informed that the precious pair are now in Mexico. Meanwhile. the wronged husband bows his head in grief and two little cherubs cry for mama who may never return.
 Mrs. Sarah V. Kelsey was registered at the Bank Hotel yesterday. She is the mother of the wayward Walter and her mission here was to obtain some tidings of the erring boy. Young Kel- sey was in Flagstaff two weeks before the plan of elopement was finally car ried out. With wealth of curling au- burn tresses that would make barber weep, tall, awkward figure topped with rain-soaked sombrero, a bronzed complexion of indifferent shade and an abbreviated coat of last century cut, he was conspicuous figure about the gaming tables during his short stay here. The sheriff's office has not taken any steps in the matter for the reason that Mrs. Kelsey does not care to have her son apprehended on the charge of embezzlement, which would be the only crime of which she could accuse him.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-03-28

TIE CocoNISo SUN is pleased to contribute In public matters but all notices of festivals, fairs. meetings of societies, suppers. enter tainments and mention of marriages. births and deaths, beyond the regular announce mcnt. will be char ged for at regular rates.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-03-28
New Millinery.

Babbitt Bros. are going to add to their dry goods department this spring Il fine stock of millinery gmds, Ev- erything will be fresh and new. All styles will be up to date. Grand open- ing about April list.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-03-28
Notice to lownsitera

All parties having filed upon town lots m the original townsite of Flag stall and have not proved up on ihe same are hereby notified that all such lots will be subject to re-entry after April l, 1895. The law requires that all lots must be deeded within sixty days after filing.
 N, c, LAYTON. Trustee,
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-03-28
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

All contracts and bills for advertising pay able monthly.
 Business locals 10 cents per line for first in- sertion, and cents per line for each subse- ouent insertion
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-26
GUARDING A REPUTATION.

Excepting New York and Chicago San
Francisco is the most famous of all the
cities of America. And yet there are eight
larger cities in the country. 1t will be in
teresting to inquire why this is SO, what
responsibilities it imposes and what is the
future which it indicates.
The causes of its being SO conspicuous
may be quickly told. 1t was the center
and principal scene of the strangest and
most thrilling events that have occurred
in America, wars excepted. It is m
vested with all the romance attaching
to the greatest gold discovery of mod
ern times, was the rallying point in the
fierce struggle which brought the great
West under civilization, has local STIR
ring history that surpasses the magma
tive efforts of the boldest writers OF ro-
mantle fiction, is the center of industrial
activities that have no likeness in any
other part of the New World and that are
reproductions of the conditions in which
the great nations of ancient times were
Graded, rules the noblest harbor of the
eastern shores of the Pacific Ocean, and
sits at the gateway between the Occident
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-26
PRESERVING FRUIT.

In view of the enormous difficulties en-
countered by California shippers of fresh
fruits to distant markets. the discovery of
some plan for preserving them is one of
the greatest of our needs. Refrigeration
and ventilation are the only methods ac
cessibIe at present. The first is necessarily
very expensive and the second has only
limited application. Any method of pres
ervation must be one that does not i'm
pair the color, texture. weight or flavor of
the fruit. The principle of any plan must
be the arrest or retardation of decay. This
involves an understanding of the causes
which produce decay, but that knowledge
is accessible to every student.
Whether or not recent important dis
covery made in France would be applica-
termined at present, but it is at least in
teresting to know what it is. TWAS made
by A. Petit, chief of the laboratory of hor
ticultural researches at the National Hor
ticultural School at Versailles. 1t is based
on the fact that the vapor OF alcohol is an
absolute preventive of mold. M. Petit
kept pears, apples and grapes for several
months in an atmosphere saturated with the
vapors of water and alcohol, while fruits
exactly similar but not protected in this
manner passed into mold and decay. The
process supposes the maintenance of low
temperature, such as that which deep
and very damp cellar affords. The pro-
cess, where a cool, damp cellar is en-
ployed, is to store the fruit therein, place an
open bottle of alcohol on the floor and close
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-26
PERSONAL.

EF. Peart, merchant of Maxwell, is at the
Grand.
E. Reinheart, merchant of Nevada, is at the
Grand.
E. w. Ward, Los Angeles mining man, is at
the Grand.
P. B. Frazer, the Stockton banker, is at the
Occidental.
Major Foster of England yesterday registered
at the California.
S. H. Callen of the Williams Farmer is a
guest at the Grand.
]. D. Carr, capitalist and politician OF Salinas,
is at the Occidental.
Fl. A. Smith, a Los Angeles real estate man,
is registered at the Grsnd.
+. D. Nicol, prominent attorney of Stock
ton, is staying at the Lick.
r. Fl. Brown, a large landowner OF Pesca-
dero, is staying at the Lick
Charles L. Bent and J. C. Gregg, OF the
army, are at the California.
Isaac Copeland, prominent mining man of
Vallecito, Cal, is at the Lick.
/. Bird, an attorney of MERGED, was one of
yesterdays arrivals at the Grand.
State Senator r. Under of Tulare came In
yesterday and put up at the Lick.
C. H. Phillips, a capitalist ofSan Luis Obispo.
registered at the Palace yesterday.
George A. Steinway, one of the big piano
manufacturers of that name from New York, is
staying at the Palace.
]. D. Culp, a landowner of San Felipe and the
leading tobacco-grower of the State, registered
at the Lick yesterday.
Fred Townsend, United States Bank Exami-
ner, arrived from Portland yesterday and
registered at the Palace.
Mrs. L. A. Thurston, wife Of Minister Thurs
ton of Honolulu, is at the Occidental, en- route
to her home at the islands, after visit of sew
eral months in the Eastern States.
G. w. Smith, a member of Congress from Illi-
nois, and his wife and niece and D. w. Mercer
q member of Congress from Nebraska, and his
wife are at the st. Nicholas. They arrived here
yesterday from a trip to Alaska, where they
went on the Queen, on which was Vice-Presi-
dent Stevenson and his party.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-26

Guatemala? No. There are a few Japanese,
and the Government is offering inducements
for more to come. The Chinese, however, are
very scarce. They cannot get along with the
Indians and there is constant trouble between
them.
''The Indians and natives are Catholics, but
the Government is tolerant and all religions
are respected. The natives are quite civilized
and are taught in the public schools. They
work the plantations and are paid according to
their labor. On the coffee plantations they
are paid 1215 cents for each box of coffee
picked. Some make as high as so cents a day.
This is good wages for them, as they subsst
mainly on corn, tortillas and bananas. They
do not work on Sundays, but usually 60 on
pleasure trips to the nearest towns.
"Quezaleenango, my native town, and the
second city of Guatemala, has just built new
theater, which is the finest in Central America
Here the people enjoy the latest Spanish and
Italian operas.
Chow many railroads have we? There are
three at present, one of which connects the two
oceans, and two more are i'll course of construc-
ton. Guatemala City has system of horse
cars neither the cable nor trolley being intro
duced as yet.
"The population is about All 900, includ-
mum bers about 15, 900 men, In time of war a
force of 80, 900 men can be raised. The higher
class favor education and the boys and young
men are usually sent to the United States or
Europe for collegiate training
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and the Orient, and has a climate and
topography singularly charming and
wholly unlike those in any other city of
the Union. Thus, both in history and
natural conditions, it is unique, pictur
esque and spectacular.
These things have given it the wide fame
which it enjoys, but it is easily to be seen
from a study of them that these condi-
tions have not been produced by the en-
ergy and taste of the residents. More than
that, it is evident that whatever the adj
yantages which the City enjoys and what
ever prosperity has grown out of their pos
session have been independent of the eff
forts of the citizens to produce them. Still
more, it can easily be believed that if all
the advantages which the City enjoys had
been developed to the highest possible
point by the exercise of such wisdom and
energy as have made Chicago great, we
might by this time have had modern
Babylon at the Golden Gate.
The City has grown and prospered in
spite of this neglect, and something worse
than that-an unsavory reputation for
corruption in its municipal government.
1t has thrived in spite of fearful material
other city. By reason of the fact that the
incomparably fertile plains and valleys of
the State, where the choicest products OF
the world are found, and where mere exist
ence is blessed with pleasures denied to
residents of other parts of the country, are
still held from proper settlement and de-
velopment by the hard hand of a great
railroad company whose charges consume
the profits and discourage efforts, San
Francisco has not had an opportunity to
grow through the denser settlement of the
interior.
To overcome the draw backs which ham,
per the growth of the State is as impor-
tant duty as guarding the reputation
which the City already enjoys on the
score of its history and natural charms.
The world soon torgets that which passes
out of its view, and if we would be remem-
bered we should deserve remembrance.
There are abundant gratifying indications
that we are emerging from the Incidence
and Indifference of the past, and that we
are awaking to realization of our duty as
citizens; that our pride as men and women
is being reused, and that we are developing
an appreciation of the bounties which
nature has lavished upon us. The
awakening is only in its beginning, how
ever, and it should be the self-imposed
duty of all to urge the movement onward
to the brilliant results that would newt
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-26

and Dora Van Der Naillen; soprano solo, :. one
Spring Morning. Miss Florence WyInan; orga a.
solo, " Offertoire st. Cecilia" op. o, ProIesssor
H. Bretherick; tenor solo, j. A. Owens; reclta11
ton. Miss Esther c. Macomber; instr @ n IA
duet, violin and guitar, William BrockhoH anu ul
Alexander Brockhoff; contralto SOLO, NILES
Addie Mahan; piano solo, Miss Lulu Lewis.
An enjoyable surprise party was given
to Professor Walter G. OBrien Saturday
evening, August II, at the hall on the cor
ner of Grove and Laguna streets. by the
Misses May and Josie Simon, Miss Annie
Herman, Miss Minnie Bias, Daniel q.
Coleman. Professor William Dingle, Walter
Atkinson, William Reid and William
Poole. The evening was pleasantly spent
with singing, dancing, games and recita-
tions, followed by supper.
Company G., First Regiment, League of
the Cross Cadets, will give an entertain
ment and drill at National Hall next Fri
day evening.
Aqua Pura Social Club will give paper
dress ball at Alcazar building next Friday
evening.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-26
OUR FOREIGN TRADE.

The last batch of Consular reports sent
to the State Department contains more
than the average number of valuable sug-
gestions concerning the extension of Amer
lean trade. One of the most interesting
disclosures is made by Consul Kemmler at
Horgen, Switzerland. He says: "Per-
sonal solicitation by members of firms or
their authorized agents is more likely to
result in establishing permanent connec-
tons and effecting substantial and salts
factory transactions than any other method
that might be employed" Curiously
enough a similar opinion comes from Con-
sui German at Zurich, and from many
other American Consuls stationed in va
rious parts of Europe. Germany is ahead
of us in this respect, for by the employ
ment of skillful statesmen she is crowding
England in South America, China and
Japan, while America is practically out of
the fight, making hardly any effort apart
from the excellence of her products.
1t seems strange that the United States,
which enjoys domestic trade almost
wholly dependent on the la bors of CONNER
cial travellers, has never thought to push
these wonderfully shrewd and active
men into foreign countries. In every
thing else American manufacturers dis
play a commendable understanding
of the factors which contribute to
the success of foreign trade. They
are particularly apt in adapting their
wares to the needs and tastes of the various
foreign countries which they supply, and
they have developed the salesman into an
instrumentality of indispensable useful
ness. Why not send him abroad?
Chicago has demonstrated the superior
ity of it's commercial sense over that of
New York by capturing the trade of Mex
leo, which California should have secured,
and California has demonstrated the wis
dom of pushing out for a market in the
great success which has rewarded its
efforts in the Eastern States. For all
practical trade purposes Chicago and New
York are foreign countries to California,
for the span of the continent is a more
formidable barrier between California and
the East than is the Atlantic Ocean be-
tween New York and Europe. California
is the peculiar center of world of its own.
1t is accessible by regular lines of trans
portation to nearly every country in the
world, and is far distant from all of them,
including the one of which it IS part.
It's products, however, are as peculiar as
its geographical position, and the COM
petition which it would encounter in a
struggle for an extension of its consuming
area is exceedingly small in comparison
with that which must exist between the
Eastern States and Europe. The rewards
of efforts to secure such extension would
be correspondingly great.
There appears to be no better opening
for sharp, shrewd and energetic American
statesmen than is afforded by the oppor-
tunity for building up foreign demand
for such California products as will bear
long periods of time consumed in trans
portation. 1t would be difficult to imagine
these interchangeable and courageous gem
tlemen dismayed by any of the difficulties
which the encountering of strange con-
ditions might create.
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the cellar as tightly as possible, SO that
the alcoholic vapor cannot escape. The
cellar used by M. Petit was cemented. AT
the end OF two months the grapes with
which he was experimenting had lost but
from two TO four berries to the bunch; the
others were perfectly preserved in form,
texture, color and flavor, and the stems
were plump and green as though they had
been freshly cut.
The idea certainly seems rational We
are all familiar with the fact that alcohol
IS perfect preserving agency, but that II
fruit is Immersed in it the freshness is
gone and complete modification effected.
That the vapor of alcohol is equally as
efhclent constitutes the newness OF the use
OF alcohol. It is obvious that the vapor
prohibits decay by destroying the at
mosphere germs which produce 1t; hence
the necessity for keeping the fruit SO
treated in Theoretically sealed recep-
tacle. 1t is evident also that the quantity
of alcohol employed in the vaporous state
IS so small that it is hardly to be con-
sldered as an item of expense.
The applicability of the discovery to
fruit kept for consumption in the vicinity
OF its production is evidently simple
matter. Its utility in the case of fruits
sent to great distance may become
subject for experiment. While no way OF
employing 1t in traIscontinental ship
ments suggests itself without the expensive
use OF ice there is no reason why it could
not be brought into play at the other end
of the line and thus be made to abolish the
necessity for the immediate disposition of
fruit on arrival without reference to prices
procurable.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-26
THE UTAH CAMPAIGN.

The political campaign in Utah was
opened at Salt Lake on Saturday night by
grand Republican parade under the d.
rection of club organized for the express
purpose of harmonizing all the factions of
the party. This fact confirms the sanguine
expectations of Republican success at the
polls, for to begin with harmony is the
surest way to end with victory.
The campaign will be sure to engage a
large part of public attention in all parts
of the Nation, for it is the most important
to take place this fall. On it depends the
adoption of constitution which will give
Utah the rank of State in the Union and
consequently the election of two United
States Senators, whose presence will go far
toward deciding which party shall have
the dominant influence in that body. In
the progress of the campaign, therefore,
great interest will be felt by both the great
parties, and it is in the highest degree
gratifying to know that all prospects point
to complete victory for the party of pro-
lection, reciprocity and bimetallism.
1t seems to be conceded that there is no
question about the adoption of the consti-
tuition, and we may count upon the en-
trance of the State into the Union. It is,
therefore, matter OF concern to the Ma
ton at large what manner of men the new
State will send to the Senate. There is
needed in that body an infusion of young
blood. The Senate is overloaded with old
men who are living on regulations achieved
in the past. To bring it into harmony with
the country there is needed fuller repre-
sentation of the vitality, the vigor and the
enterprise of the country.
The Republicans of Utah can find in
their ranks young men who are in the full
est sense representatives of the energy and
the policy of the growing West. 1t IS from
among these the new State should choose
the men whom it sends to the National
Senate. The interests of the West have
long been ignored by the General Govern
ment, and this will continue so long as
the West ignores her own interests and
sends to Congress men who lack the yigor,
independence and aggressiveness to stand
up for Western policies against the indiffer-
ence, the ignorance and the conservatism
of Eastern statesmen on all subjects OF
Western development.
1t is in the expectations of seeing such
men elected to the Senate that the people
of the Pacific Coast will watch the course
of the campaign in Utah. AL the circum-
stances of the contest are propitious to
good results. We look forward, therefore,
to sweeping Republican victory and the
election to the Senate of two men who
will fifty serve in that body to champion
the cause of Utah and all her sister States
of the Greater West.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-26
SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS.


Willie-An' what did Clawence do when Bob
Slugard kicked him?
Algy-He simply said: "Gweat men are not
sensitive to cwiticism," and walked swiftly
away.-London Tt-Bits.
Wife-George, didn't you say you were the
heaviest batter in the nine last summer?
Husband-Yes, dear.
Wife-Wen, would you mind beating carpet
for me about half an hour?-Texas Siftings.
Old Lady Ito motorman on trolley carr
Amt you afraid of the electricity, Mr.. Motor
man?
Motorman-No, ma'am, amt got no cali to
be afraid. / amt conductor.-Philadelph
Record.
"Will anything induce you to cease your at
tentions to me?',
Perhaps. Suppose we try matrimony?"-
Truth.
weren't you dreadfully bored with callers
at your summer cottage?"
mo, indeed. You see, gave them rustic
chairs to sit I'M
Lawyer for the Defense-I charge the prose-
cution with attempting to intimidate our wit
ness, Mr.. Enpec.
Lawyer for the Prosecution-What have we
done?
Lawyer for the Defense Allowed his wife to
visit him.-Life.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-26
FROM EASTERN EDITORS.
Gutta Percha From Leaves.

Gutta pereha for insulating has been the
mainstay of the electric engineer, but disauiet-
ing rumors have been for some time prevalent
as to the coming failure of the supply. Good
news now comes from Sarawak NJ Hourant.
covered that gutta percha can be extracted
from the dried leaves of the gutta tree The
old native plan, which threatened to ruin the
industry, was to cut down the tree to obtain
the sap. A tree thirty years old would give
only one "eatty" of pure dry gutta, and the
same quantity is now obtained from two pluck
not to nure the tree, which goes on seed She
and reproducing its species. The millions Of
trees already cut down and apparently de-
stroyed by the native gutta hunters will now
come into service, as their stumps have sproutei
out, much as an osier does, and although the
shoots are too small to produce gutta, their
leaves are as good for the purpose as those of
an adult tree.-Information.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-26
is EIectrocution a FaiIureq

An opinion from Nicola Tesla upon electro
cution is entitled to consideration. Especially
when the electrical wizard makes positive
statement that he has tested, upon his own
person, currents many times stronger than
those used in the alleged execution of crimi-
victims of the death chair are killed by the
electric current, and in this opinion the ex-
pert agrees with the medical gentlemen who
have been exposing the system. 1t probably
by electricity, drugs, the surgeons knife or the
rope as long as they must be killed, but they
should not be subjected TO torture nor killed in
burg DisDatch