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Mesa free press., 1895-01-11

JAPAN is still on the march in
Chine, and victory greets her troops
everywhere. sOn to Peking is
now the watchword. japan pro-
poses to subjugate China before she
stops. The expected armstice
pending peace negotiations has not
been declared.
Mesa free press., 1895-01-11

SINCE the orange freeze in
Florida the price of oranges has
risen in New York from ST. so per
box to $3.50. The California
orange growers sy npathize with the
Florida growers, but they. are .juh-
lantat the prosp ect for high prices.
Mesa free press., 1895-01-11

ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND copies
of Governor Hughes last report
should be put in circulation in the
states east and west. 1t is one Of
the best advertising mediums we
have ever seen in print. The in
formation with which it Is filed is
reliable, and the resources of the
territory exhaustively treated upon
il revelation to even the great
mass of the residents of the terri
tory.
Mesa free press., 1895-01-11
JAPANEsE TROOPS.
Rear-Allniral Bslknap, of our

Rear-Ailniral Belknap, of our
navy, now in retirement, says; .
"There is not one incident of
personal prowess or of individual
valor in the annals of England
that may not be matched by a.
similar deed of courage and heroism
in the annals of Japan. The great
sea fight of Dem-No- Ura was as
significant and more hotly contested
than the battle of Trafalgar. No
British force has ever met on the
field of battle an Oriental race tt
all the equal of the japanese in
martial character and intrepid
spirit. Her army today is the
equal of the British army in organ
ization and equipment, superior to
it in houogenity .. mobility ard
discipline. She has seen, this long
while, the British squeeze upon the
throat Of China and tae brut !
means used to accomplish it,. and
she does not mean that such fate
shall overtake her. if stout hearts
and strong arms can prevont it.
No British minister will 'llerca fter
attempt to enact the maddling and
manacing part of a Parkes at
Toxic, nor will any British feet
lombard with impunity second
Tengoshima. ~ The sun does not
shine on more determined or in
trepid race than Chat Of Japan.
The martha! spirit of Japan al IT,
dates that of Britain, and hereafter,
whether on land or sea, the arch
robber of the universe will find all
she cares to meet if she comes into
hostile contact with the forces Of
Dai Nippon"
Mesa free press., 1895-01-11

Il.
Now is the time to secure twenty
or forty acre tract Of fine orange land
on the Mesa. Our Mesa oranges are
superior to, those of California or
Florida and are not excelled by those
of Hermosillo.
Mesa free press., 1895-01-11

46E tAIuo uthS COun0 III tuO Aio-
tory of Arizona when there sho aid
be a general, active, forward move.
ment toward the development Of
the many and marvellous resources
Of the country. The activity in
mining was never greater than
now, but Arizona possesses other.
resources. which will add more to
her general wealth and prosperity
than do her mines. And il ther
were one half, the energy and ac.-
'tivity displayed in developing those
other resources as there is in min
ing, Arizona would hum with bust
ness. III addition to the immense
agricultural and horticultural pos
sibilities, or rather included in
with the agricultural resources, is
chat of beet sugar raising and the
manufacture Of sugar There are
tens Of thousands Of acres of land
in the Salt River valley which is
pre- -eminently adapted to growing
sugar beets. The establishmsat 81
a sugar factory would lead to the
profitable cultivation of large areas
that now yield but little revenue
and it seems that the influential
and progressive citizens of the vail
ley ought to encourage the estab- :
lishment Of such factory In adj
dition to- this we might have in
active operation in the near future,,
mills, tanneries, paper mills, etc.,
in factg this great south country
.bristles with opportunities for
establishments Of industries which
would not only put wealth into the
Golfers of the projeoto rs but of the
great masses Is well.
Wanted to Exchange. -Og den
Utah, ity property for land near
Mesa. Address Goodell. 2l4 p
Washington street, Phoenix.
Old Peoples social and dance at the
Hall last night. Large, attendance
and good time. So .e...e sss
There has been no frost in Mesa SO
far this winter.
Mesa free press., 1895-01-11

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-08-29

Every indication of a return of general
business prosperity will be hailed with
JOY by the people regardless of political
opinion; for as rule people are more in
terested in their own welfare than in the
success of any party. 1t follows that
every influence that will help to forward
the return of prosperous conditions will
be encouraged by the people in every legi-
Innate way. But the operation OF great
factors in trade is as a rule comparative
ly slow and the public is always anxious
TO catch some idea in advance of what the
future has in store. In business this is
possible to certain degree, inasmuch as
the merchant always bases his purchases
upon confidence I'm the future, and the
shrewd business man OF experience is
often able to fo.etell coming events in
trade with startling CORE Itness.
In view OF this fact a series of inter-
views with leading merchants of New
York will have widespread interest. 1t is
significant that majority Of the firms in
terviewed hold enthusiastic views and look
for an improvement of such marked char
acter it will be a genuine boom. This
view is fairly expressed in the following
statement. which may stand for the opin-
ion OF all who predict a great improve
ment: "Our trade this fall will be the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-08-29

best we have had for five years. Indeed.
we believe that the good times of 1874
and 1875 are coming back to us now. That
is what we expect and that is what we arc
preparing for We are making greater
and more elaborate preparations than
ever before. just because we believe that
the occasion warrants it," The opinion
cited are those of firms engaged in the
dry goods trade. which. next to the iewelry
business, is perhaps most affected by hard
times.
The more conservative firms like Lord
& Taylor and Arnold e Constable expect
good trade, but not revival of such
proportion as to warrant the appellation
of boom. y reasonable improvement.
which is better than feversh boom, one
firm says, while the other expresses the
same idea in these words: 1--WE expect
that the fall trade will he good-not a
boom. 1t is far better that the business
Improvement should come rather slowly
than too quickly, but we believe it is
coming, and that we are on the eve of
good times"
While some the firms are conservative
in their expectations. it is a significant
as well as gratifying fact that in gen
eral way those interviewed are unani-
nous in predicting Improvement As was
to be expected similar hopefulncss was
expressed by the dealers in other lines.
one of the largest handlers OF bar iron
and steel in New York told of unusual act
ivity in his trade and mentioned as one
effect of it that mills would not make
prices for more than a month ahead.
The general feeling among merchants. as
evidenced by those interviews with leading
firms in tho various lines, is that there
is unquestioned Improvement, and that
this Improvement has come TO stay and
to expand In many cases merchants are
making special preparations for the eX-
pected increase i'll trade, while hopeful
ness seems to be everywhere the dominant
feeling.
An effort will of course he made to show
that this improvement is a result of the
operation of the new tariff law but the
intelligent business man knows that trade
is being resumed in spite of the new tariff
measure and not as an effect. Business
was simply paralyzed by the smashing of
the tariff and the time has come when the
people must have supplies regardless of
condition.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-08-29
NEWS OF A CONTINENT.
Land of 5000, 900 square Miles in the
Antarctic Circle Borchgreyinck, the
Norwegian Explorer.

0ondon dispatch 10 the New York SUM
Even those who find geoerauhv a drv
and duh subject would have been aroused
to enthusiasm by some of the dramatic
tales of exploration recounted at the SEES
sions of the international congress held
here last week. Satin Pasha'. story of
his long slavcr, in the mahdi's palace and
his escape. and his picture of the scene
when his captors paraded before him as
he Law in chains bearing alort the head of
General Gordon. held the great audience
spellbound The thrilling narrative was
told in simple, modest words, and the I'M
assuming man. who quietly recounted his
almost unmatched suffcrings and advcn-
lures. was probably more discomposed by
the ionizine process to which he was sub
jectcd than bv she fearful diniculties
which overlook him in the Soudan.
The discussion by the congress of an
tarctic exploration was even more inter
csting than tse latest news about the
search for the North pole. The most posi-
tive information vet made public about
the discovery Of a great South polar CON
tinent was presented nv the Norwegian
Borchgrevinck. who is said to be the only
man who has sot foot on this new land
He sailed south of Possession Island in a
small steamer and in "A degrees latitude
sighted a new promontory. which he
named Cane oscar He then retreated a
way north to Cane Adair. where he made
a landing. ITo probably was the first
human being to oo ashore in this region
The landing placa was a sort of peninsula
which formed a comnlete hrcakwater for
the inner bay Immense swarms of non.
gums were on the nromotorv. The marty
after landing collected snccimcns Of the
rock, and also found some signs Of vepe-
tation. Throurbout tho whole VOYAGE The
party had a connaratfvelv high temnera.
ture. the mininIIro within the antarctIc
circle being 9i derrces while all through
the ice pack n remained at % Tho oh.
servations of Tho Sir lanes Ross exnedi.
tion shaved Ia'a ta,r,,,arat, 80 in ~,
vicinity of Vi,torio Land and tho oues
tio,, s,,,,, 49,. '"i III i"io' aiIH ~ "
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-08-29

or 1t difficult for them to receive remit
tances it can he seen that the counterfeit
currency game has received serious
blow.
1t is unfortunate that tho cupdity of
people should render their victimizing by
green goods sharps SO easy of accomplish
ment, but we must take human nature
as we find it and protect it against itself.
So long as these swinders are able to
continue their operations so long will
they find victims, and no effort should be
spared to second the efforts of the postal
authorities and others TO suppress this
form of fraud.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-08-29
Eastern Farms Lead.

Some of the Western newspapers OK
press surprise over the discovery that the
counties having the highest record for ag-
rCultural products are not located in
their section but in the East, and that of
the five leading counties three are in one
State. The census figures show that Ian
caster, Pa, is the leading county of the
United States in the value of its farm
products, the total being s7,657 $40. Next
comes St. Lawrence county, n. Y, with
So o54, 100, followed by Chester county. Pa.
with S., SIS, 500; Worcester county. Mass.
with S5.4s9, $780, and Bucks county, Pa, with
S. al, $40.
We have been taught to regard the prai-
res as so productive that most people
who have not studied the subject may he
astonished that the leading agricultural
counties should be found in the manufac-
turing East rather than in the great agri-
cultural areas of the West When one
stops to consider the matter in detail
however, it is easy TO understand why the
West should not lead in the respect
named Western farmers are accustomed
to cultivate immense tracts, depending
upon area rather than looking for d high
yield per acre. AS a rule they have not
begun to seriously consider the subject OF
fertilization, and so long as they have
plenty Of land to till without danger of
croWdinG, the rate of yield is a matter OF
secondary Importance.
Eastern farmers on the other hand are
obliged to resort to every legitimate means
to secure a large yield per acre. Their
ia
ranches of the West and by the use of
fertilizers they succeed in making their
land productive. Moreover they resort to
mixed farming more generally than dc
their Western competitors and as a re-
suit there is generally some one product
that is profitable no matter if other crops
fail.
The Western farmer has become we'd
ded to the single crop and persists in
raising corn or wheat alone as the South
ern farmer raises cotton and fails &c
realize how much better it would be fol-
him to diversity his products and thus
be in a position to be Independent of tho
seasons as well as prepared to take &C
vantage of the different markets. More
over the Western farmers as a rule waste
nearly as much as they save according
to general report. owing to their large
farms, the loose manner in which thcil
farming operations are carried on and the
| lack of method which comes from at
tempting to do too much.
But the farmers of the East still have
much to learn as regards methods Small
farms are the rule in this section, but Il
farmers would reduce the size of theil
farms and adopt the most approved meth
DDS of cultivation they could make tive
blades of grass grow where there is on,
now, and realize a largely increased in
come from their investment and labor
IL is not necessary to experiment in orde
to demonstrate the truth of this. Thu
value of high cultivation and moderI
methods on the farm has long since beef
established and the wonder is that NOR
farmers do not take advantage of th
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-08-29
DRUGGISTS AT SEA,
PLEASANT AFTERNOON ON THE
LAKE THURSDAY.
Important Resolutions Passed Against
Rate Cutters Committees Appointed
To Push the scheme of "A Chair
of Pharmacy Here.

The attendance of the final session of
the State Pharmaceutical association
which opened at $3.50 o'clock last Thursday
morning, was larger than on Wednesday.
Tho special committee which was appoint
ed to consider the recommendations en-
bodied in President Higgins address of
| the day previous made their report in
winch they recommended that the mem
bership of the legislative committee be in
creased to 10. This recommended ton was
opted and also each member of the as
ISOLATION was constituted a member Of a
committee to agitate and promote the es-
PUNISHMENT OF a chair Of pharmacy in tho
Medical college.
The following resolution submitted by
F. w. Pierce and r. C. Spooncr. relating
to the products of the Wells, Richardson
q Co. was passed:
FIRST, That the members Of the associa-
tion note with pleasure the fact that the
above named firm, one of the largest of
ltS klnd in the country, is both ready and
Wilihs 10 extend to MS their powerful as
ahce IN our efforts at self-protection.
SECOND, That we heartily approve of
their action as well as Of the action of the
burlington Drug company, who have
given f. W. Reeves, agent of the New
England Retail Druggists Union, their
assurance that they will also refuse all
orders from recognized cutters.
Third, That we will use our best on
beavers to push the sale of the articles
manufactured by the Wells & Richardson
company and we will not substitute nor
encourage substitution when their goods
are called for.
fourth' That the resolutions adop}e
ny tne Apothecar!es' Guild Of Boston and
NIcni'E ana set forth in their circular
ualcd aug. IA, 1925. be hereby endorse
ana our thanks and promise of support
'N,eHitu TO the manufacturers and whole
SdIvlS named therein
I1v lolloWIhg committees VIII serve
~ ny ensuing year Executive commit
eoe. IeSIueht' a NJ. higgins OF Rutland,
- '@,S' H. a. Ihaplh OF BfattIeboro,
"a az ol oH'peIeI' ". J." Lar oun-
y. i'"' Ii'SVoH' D. l. 1lVrcc OF Bel
r,r + ai!s'
9. 0iI'iliill ee Oh queries a. T. kanIall OF
$780,, -, - W. h4E"H vi wafer
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-08-29
VERMONT PERSONALS.

Editor Arthur +. Stone of the St. Johns
bury Caledonian and Mrs. Stone will have
the sincere sympathy Of many friends
throughout the State in the death of theil
son, Harold Fairbanks.
Rev +. ]. Perry, formerly pastor of the
First Baptist church in Burlington, and
more recently of the Brattleboro Baptist
church. is now pastor of a church in New
York city.
The many friends of II. b. Davis, for SO
many years foreman of the st. Johnsbury
Caledonian, and the founder of the Lyn-
donville Journal, will be interested to
know that he has leased the job depart
ment of the Bellows Falls Times.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-08-29

The account OF the services of the Ninth
Regiment Of Vermont Volunteers by Mr.
George L. Kilmer, compiled in his cur
rent series of war papers and printed
elsewhere in the FREE PRESS.
is a readable and in the main correct de-
scription Of some notable events in the
history of one of the best regiments sent
by Vermont to the war of the Union. In
one or two statements Mr. Kilmer is
slightly in error. He says for instance,
that the particulars of the surrender of
the regiment with the garrison of Har-
per's Ferry in September, 1862, "have
never before been made public" They
were however, very fully made public in
the history Of the Ninth Vermont, CON
tanned in Vermont in the civil War"
Not a part or incident of any account is
given in Mr. Kilmer's paper, not previously
given in chapter xiii of Nermont's War
History, with the exception of the state
ment that the men broke up their muskcts
so thoroughly that they could not be
stacked, for surrender. That this was the
fact TO any very considerable extent is
doubtful. A few men may have smashed
their muskets; but it is not likely that any
general destruction of their arms would
have been permitted; and Col Ripley in
his account Of the surrender after abiding
to "the long and melancholy line Of stack
ed arms along the court" says: 1--WE
added our arms to the stacks"-words
which would hardly have been used if
all or most of the muskets had been 50
broken that it was impossible to stack
them. OF course Mr.. Kilmer is wrong in
his supposition that the history of this
regiment is hitherto "unwritten his
tory"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-08-29
POLITICAL POINTS.

Ex-Gov. Campbell need not worry about
being elected. Year before last the re-
publican plurality in Ohio was $1,000, Last
year it was in the close neighborhood of
1877, co.,
The balance of the Ohio democratic
ticket chosen as eX-Gov. Campbells asso-
ciates are: j. Il. Peaslee of Hamilton
Co., who was nominated by reclamation for
lieutenant governor, as were also the fol-
lowing: For supreme judge, William r.
Moody of Auglaise; State auditor James
w. Knott of Mansfield; State treasurer,
w. II. Shober of Gallia; encouragement
George A. Fairbanks of Franklin; member
of board of public works, II. +. Heffer of
Tuscarawas county; clerk Supreme Court
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-08-29
Methods of Green Goods Men.

The difficulty experienced by the author
tiles in suppressing swindles is well illus
trated by the case Of the green goods men
who were driven out of New York city
as a result of the Lexow investigation.
These swindlers made their next head
quarters for a time in Jersey City, but
detectives and the United States postal
inspectors made that place too hot for
them, and Bethlehem, Pa, was then Sc
lected a s their rendezvous. Anthony Com
stock, who delights in running down evil
doors, has just succeeded in capturing a
green goods swindler as well as the vic
tim in Bethlehem, and the chances are
that his fellow workers will again "fold
their tents like Arabs and silently steal
away"
1t is not surprising that the grecH goods
business should be transferred from the
feet of the Lexow investigation was to
expose the inside methods of the "shov-
ers of the queer so that 1t became a COM
paratvely easy matter for the authorities
to run them out of the metropolis and also
to follow them in other large centres of
population. 1t therefore became neces-
sary for the swindlers to secure new
base of operations. and one where they
could not be easily reached. In a place
like Bethlehem they could operate with
out exciting suspicion and while 1t would
be necessary to secure the collision of
local officer, the same as in the large
city, money would of course have the
same temptation in a small place as in
the metropolis. But now that the new
method of the green goods men has been
discovered, it will no longer be safe for
them to operate for any length OF time
in any town however small and inasmuch
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-08-29
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the new special column of this paper. Some
bargains are offered there this week which
it will nav YOU to read about. See page
seven. This paper has moro than Ho,OUo
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